Acts 7:5

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ܘܠܳܐ ܝܰܗ݈ܒ݂ ܠܶܗ ܝܳܪܬ݁ܽܘܬ݂ܳܐ ܒ݁ܳܗ ܐܳܦ݂ ܠܳܐ ܕ݁ܽܘܪܟ݁ܬ݂ܳܐ ܕ݁ܪܶܓ݂ܠܳܐ ܘܶܐܫܬ݁ܰܘܕ݁ܺܝ ܗ݈ܘܳܐ ܕ݁ܢܶܬ݁ܠܺܝܗ ܠܶܗ ܐܰܝܟ݂ ܕ݁ܰܠܡܺܐܪܬ݂ܳܗ ܠܶܗ ܘܰܠܙܰܪܥܶܗ ܟ݁ܰܕ݂ ܠܰܝܬ݁ ܗ݈ܘܳܐ ܠܶܗ ܒ݁ܪܳܐ ܀

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he gave: Genesis 23:4, Psalms 105:11, Psalms 105:12, Hebrews 11:9, Hebrews 11:10, Hebrews 11:13-16

not: Deuteronomy 2:5

yet: Genesis 12:7, Genesis 13:15, Genesis 15:3, Genesis 15:18, Genesis 17:8, Genesis 26:3, Genesis 28:13-15, Exodus 6:7, Exodus 6:8, Deuteronomy 6:10, Deuteronomy 6:11, Acts 9:5, Acts 10:11, Acts 11:9, Acts 34:4, Nehemiah 9:8, Psalms 105:8-11

when: Genesis 15:2-5, Genesis 16:2, Genesis 17:16-19

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:7 - which spake Genesis 30:25 - and to Exodus 6:4 - the land of their Numbers 10:29 - the Lord 1 Chronicles 16:19 - a few Ezekiel 33:24 - Abraham

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he gave him none inheritance in it,.... To be personally enjoyed by him; and which was a great trial to Abraham's faith, to be brought out of his country, and into another land, and which was promised to him and his; and yet, as not the whole, so not a single part of it was given him to possess:

no, not so much as to set his foot on: so that when Sarah his wife died, he was obliged to buy a piece of ground for a burying place to bury her in: and which could not be said to be given him by the Lord, for he bought it with his money:

yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child; which was another exercise of Abraham's faith, that he should have a whole country promised him and his seed, and yet had no seed given him; see Genesis 12:7.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he gave him none inheritance - Abraham led a wandering life; and this passage means that he did not himself receive a permanent possession or residence in that land. The only land which he owned was the field which he “purchased” of the children of Heth for a burial place, Genesis 23:0: As this was obtained by “purchase,” and not by the direct gift of God, and as it was not designed for a “residence,” it is said that God gave him no “inheritance.” It is mentioned as a strong instance of his faith that he should remain there without a permanent residence himself, with only the prospect that his children, at some distant period, would inherit it.

Not so much as to set his foot on - This is a proverbial expression, denoting in an emphatic manner that he had no land, Deuteronomy 2:5.

Would give it to him - Genesis 13:15. Abraham did not himself possess all that land; and the promise is evidently equivalent to saying that it would be conferred on the family of Abraham, or the family of which he was the father, without affirming that “he” would himself personally possess it. It is true, however, that Abraham himself afterward dwelt many years in that land as his home, Genesis 13:0, etc.

For a possession - To be held as his own property.

When as yet he had no child - When there was no human probability that he would have any posterity. Compare Genesis 15:2-3; Genesis 18:11-12. This is mentioned as a strong instance of his faith; “who against hope believed in hope,” Romans 4:18.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 7:5. Gave him none inheritance — Both Abraham and Jacob had small parcels of land in Canaan; but they had them by purchase, not by God's gift; for, as Abraham was obliged to buy a burying-place in Canaan, Genesis 23:3-18, it is obvious he had no inheritance there.

And to his seed after him — See Genesis 12:7 (note); Genesis 13:15, and the notes there.